Ang Lee - IMDb IMDb View Resume » Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Masters Degree in Film Production at New York... See full bio » Born: Britannia Awards Bring Out A Starry List Of Honorees, Presenters And Oscar Hopefuls – And Ricky Gervais 29 October 2016 11:12 AM, -08:00 | Deadline a list of 26 people created 24 Aug 2012 a list of 25 people created 03 Jul 2013 a list of 30 people created 29 May 2014 a list of 42 people created 11 Nov 2015 a list of 46 people created 01 Jan 2016 Do you have a demo reel?

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See more awards » Known For | Edit Filmography 2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (producer - produced by) 2014 Tyrant (TV Series) (executive producer) 1992 Pushing Hands (executive producer) Hide Guest at the wedding banquet (uncredited) Hide 2015 Prince Paradise (very special thanks) 2014 Joy Burn (the producers wish to thank) 2006 Cowboy Forever (Short) (thanks) 2005 Thumbsucker (special thanks: for support) 2003 Hulk (Video Game) (special thanks) Hide 2012-2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2007-2013 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2012 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee 1997-2012 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2012 Bergmans video (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself (2012) 2010 Trace of the Bears (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2010 Gui

ón busca estrella (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2000-2009 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2009 American Masters (TV Series documentary) Himself 2008 E!

True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Miradas 2 (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Lights! Action! Music! (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2006 Corazón de... (TV Series) Himself 2005 Logo Movie Special: 'Brokeback Mountain' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 2005 Cinema Goes to Dinner (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2004 Pacific Fusion (TV Series) Himself 2003 The Making of 'Hulk' (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 Der Filmemacher Ang Lee (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 + de cinéma (TV Series documentary short) Himself 2002 Independent View (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Kinomagazin (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005-2006 Corazón de...

(TV Series) Himself 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 2005 Cinema mil (TV Series) Himself Directed short film "Chosen" for bmwfilms.com - Internet and DVD for BMW (2001) See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Portrayal | 7 Interviews | 8 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: On the receiving side, I think the whole world is more ready, with the Internet, with film festivals and DVDs. It used to be a one-way street from West to East: we were receiving and the West was producing. I think we're getting closer and closer. The gap between cultures is getting erased every day. See more » Trivia: Is one of only seven living directors who have won the Directors Guild of America Award more than once. The others are Steven Spielberg (3 times) and two-time winners Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, Francis Coppola, Oliver Stone and Milos Forman. However, Lee is unique in this group and being the only one not to have directed a best picture Oscar winner.

See more » Trademark: Often depicts characters with conflicting feelings about their sexuality or their gender roles See more » Star Sign: Ang Lee Set For Directing Honor At BAFTA’s Britannia Awards | Deadline How 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' DP John Toll Helped Execute The 'Whole Shebang' A two-time Best Director Oscar winner, for Life Of Pi (2012) and Brokeback Mountain (2005), Lee also has scored two BAFTA David Lean Awards for Direction — for Brokeback and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Sense And Sensibility (1995), was a BAFTA Best Film winner. His Taking Woodstock (2009) and The Ice Storm (1997) both competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Other directing credits include Lust, Caution (2007), Hulk (2003) and The Wedding Banquet (1993). His next project is Thrilla In Manila , a 3D pic about the historic heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It’s set for 2018.

“Ang Lee is truly one of the great visionary directors of our time, with a remarkable international career that continually demonstrates bold choices and provocative perspectives,” says BAFTA LA Chairman Kieran Breen. “From Sense And Sensibility to Life Of Pi, Mr Lee has had a special place in BAFTA’s heart, and we are looking forward to honoring his remarkable career at this year’s British Academy Britannia Awards.” Previous recipients of the John Schlesinger Britannia Award include Sam Mendes, Mike Newell, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan, David Yates, Quentin Tarantino and Kathryn Bigelow. The awards evening is BAFTA’s big night out in Hollywood which honors individuals who have dedicated their careers to advancing the art forms of the moving image in the U.S., UK and beyond. Proceeds from the gala ceremony support BAFTA Los Angeles’ ongoing education, scholarship, community outreach and archival projects.

Renowned Director Ang Lee to Speak in Mamaroneck in January - Larchmont, NY Patch Arts & Entertainment Renowned Director Ang Lee to Speak in Mamaroneck in January Lee has won Academy Awards for some of his work, which includes “Brokeback Mountain, "Life of Pi” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” By Alfred Branch (Patch Staff) - December 15, 2015 11:04 am ET Ang Lee, the Academy-Award winning director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi,” will speak in Mamaroneck on Thursday, January 7, 2016, as part of The Center for Continuing Education’s “Notable Neighbors” series. Lee, a native of Taiwan, is a long-time resident of Mamaroneck. The discussion is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at McClain Auditorium at Mamaroneck High Schoool, 1000 West Boston Post Road. Tickets are $40. Students are admitted free.

Michael DiGennaro, the Independent Film Series instructor for The Center, will moderate the evening which will include film clips and a discussion of Lee’s notable body of work, including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon;” The Ice Storm’;” Sense and Sensibility;” and “The Hulk,” among others. His films have ranged from an exploration of the conflict between tradition and modernity to sexual taboos and comic books. Lee is currently in post-production on his latest film, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” a wartime saga which is scheduled for release in November 2016. “Our goal at The Center is to bring the community together around a wide range of learning opportunities,” said Executive Director Blythe Hamer in a statement. “Our Notable Neighbors series, which began last year with former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, features some of our extraordinary local residents providing an inside look at their lives and experiences.

We are thrilled to have Ang Lee, one of today’s greatest contemporary film directors, share his creative process and insights with us.” To purchase tickets or for further information on this program or The Center’s winter session, visit LMCCE.org or call 914-698-9126. Photo: Ang Lee. Photo credit: IMDB.com The Philosophy of Ang Lee on JSTOR The Philosophy of Ang Lee Book Description: Ang Lee (b. 1954) has emerged as one of cinema's most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors.

Known for his ability to transcend cultural and stylistic boundaries, Lee has built a diverse oeuvre that includes films about culture clashes and globalization (Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994, andThe Wedding Banquet, 1993), a period drama (Sense and Sensibility, 1995), a martial arts epic (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000), a comic book action movie (Hulk, 2003), and an American western (Brokeback Mountain, 2005).The Philosophy of Ang Leedraws from both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions to examine the director's works. The first section focuses on Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist themes in his Chinese-language films, and the second examines Western philosophies in his English-language films; but the volume ultimately explores how Lee negotiates all of these traditions, strategically selecting from each in order to creatively address key issues.

With interest in this filmmaker and his work increasing around the release of his 3-D magical adventureThe Life of Pi(2012), The Philosophy of Ang Lee serves as a timely investigation of the groundbreaking auteur and the many complex philosophical themes that he explores through the medium of motion pictures. eISBN: 978-0-8131-4170-1 Introduction (pp. 1-16) Robert Arp, Adam Barkman and James McRae “Hi, I’m Ang Lee, and if I don’t make movies I’m going to die.”¹ Ang Lee used these words to introduce himself to the production company, Good Machine, which would go on to fund his 1992 film,Pushing Hands.Lee is one of the most talented and diverse directors in world cinema. He is known for his ability to make provocative and original films on virtually any topic: Victorian romances, kung fu epics, superhero action films, tragedies about forbidden relationships. Lee has produced eleven feature-length films that have garnered critical acclaim and earned him multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and... What Do You Know of My Heart?

The Role of Sense and Sensibility in Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (pp. 41-63) Renée Köhler-Ryan and Sydney Palmer When Ang Lee asked Michelle Yeoh to play one of the lead roles inCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(2000), he described it to her as “Sense and Sensibilitywith martial arts.” However, this too glibly states the relationship between the two films. Comparisons and contrasts between them reveal that each complements the other, rendering a dynamic conceptual framework for Lee’s understanding of sense and of sensibility. Lee has a rich appreciation of human subjectivity, in which the person’s role within a society defined by codes and norms can, but need not completely, conflict with his or her emotionally defined relationships... The Confucian Cowboy Aesthetic (pp.

64-76) Michael Thompson Early in the nineteenth century, French emissary and political thinker Alexis de Toqueville (1805–1859) observed a tendency among Americans, especially those of the new Western states, toward an isolation and individualism wherein its members had little or no knowledge of the history of their neighbors and little or no social interactions with those nearest them.¹ With the Louisiana Purchase and manifest destiny, the character of the settlers in these new territories was one of rugged individualism and was marked by an independence and lack of sociability with the other few inhabitants of the lands.² Cowboys are presented as the... East Meets Western: The Eastern Philosophy of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (pp. 77-94) Jeff Bush Ang Lee’s 2005 film,Brokeback Mountain,is an adaptation of Annie Proulx’s 1997 novella about the intense connection between two cowboys who first meet while sheepherding on a mountain in Wyoming in 1963.

Both the film and the novella emphasize the anfractuous nature of the cowboys’ emotional and sexual relationship over the next twenty years as they struggle against society’s disapproval and strive to maintain the intensity of their initial meeting. Here, I argue that Lee’s film connects the genre of the western with Eastern philosophy, which helps us to view homosexuality in a new way. First, I discuss the... Landscape and Gender in Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain (pp. 95-120) Misty Jameson and Patricia Brace In his 1757 work,A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful,English philosopher Edmund Burke discusses these two concepts as they relate to human perceptions of landscape aesthetics in their most basic form: first, the sublime, which causes terror in the observer, and second, the beautiful, which causes pleasure. Later, William Gilpin would temper these two notions with his idea of the picturesque, which mitigates these extremes, mixing the sublime with the beautiful. The picturesque focuses on freedom and lack of control in the outdoors—wild, broken trees; storms; Gothic ruins in disrepair...

Can’t Get No Satisfaction: Desires, Rituals, and the Search for Harmony in Eat Drink Man Woman (pp. 121-140) Carl J. Dull One of the reasonsEat Drink Man Woman(1994) is such an exquisite film is because it seamlessly blends sumptuous spreads of traditional Chinese cuisine with a rich mixture of characters, passions, and conflict. The displays of culinary expertise are filmed with the same expert subtlety and precision given to the emotional trials of the Chu household, making the film itself a cinematic dish that is richly rewarding and worth revisiting numerous times to fully appreciate its complexity and variety. In a family with unique personalities and a complicated history, the fragile status quo is upset by new developments and... Paternalism, Virtue Ethics, and Ang Lee: Does Father Really Know Best? (pp. 141-150) Ronda Lee Roberts In the Father Knows Best trilogy—composed of the filmsPushing Hands(1992),The Wedding Banquet(1993), andEat Drink Man Woman(1994)—Ang Lee explores the role of paternalism in modern society.

All of the characters in these films face the tension between traditional values and the modern, fast-paced lifestyle that drives American life. The clash between the two experiences causes friction when it comes to decision-making practices. The individual experiencing the clash then needs to determine whether or not he or she will accept the modern choices or adhere to the traditional culture. It is difficult to illustrate... Lust, Caution: A Case for Perception, Unimpeded (pp. 151-162) Basileios Kroustallis When British film critic Peter Bradshaw reviewed Ang Lee’s 2007 filmLust, Caution,he carefully noted (even though he praised the film) that it “does not offer the same unmediated insight into the minds and hearts of its lovers thatBrokeback Mountain[2005] did. Fundamentally, we all felt that we knew, really knew, what it felt like for the two cowboys to be in love; here the question is a little more difficult.”¹ But isLust, Cautionreally an emotional riddle to be deciphered? Or is it rather the case that affective states in the film are part of a...

Displacement, Deception, and Disorder: Ang Lee’s Discourse of Identity (pp. 177-191) Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy Ang Lee is a director known for adapting complex and sophisticated narratives into traditional film genres. Through a distinct filmmaking style, Lee’s movies simultaneously take advantage of the tools available in each genre while also challenging, expanding, and transcending the genres themselves. This chapter examines three of Lee’s notable contributions to genre films,Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(2000, martial arts),Hulk(2003, superhero–action), andBrokeback Mountain(2005, western), arguing that Lee transcends the genres in part by presenting a consistent philosophy of identity across the films.¹ Specifically, through these movies a philosophy of identity emerges that is skeptical of... Subverting Heroic Violence: Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock and Hulk as Antiwar Narratives (pp. 192-209) David Zietsma Popular culture is replete with images of violence.

The use of violence is especially widespread on entertainment screens, as evidenced in video games such asCall of Duty(Activision, 2003) andAssassin’s Creed(Ubisoft, 2007), television shows such asThe Shield(2002–2008),Oz(1997–2003), andCriminal Minds(2005–present), and films such asThe Departed(Martin Scorsese, 2006),300(Zack Snyder, 2006), andRighteous Kill(Jon Avnet, 2008). This culture of violence is enmeshed in a broader culture of nationalistic militarism that celebrates violence as a heroic means to moral ends. A multitude of war films depict American... Homo Migrans: Desexualization in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock (pp. 210-229) Nancy Kang Ang Lee’sTaking Woodstock(2009) is a problematic adaptation of Elliot Tiber’s eponymous 2007 memoir because it dilutes and subverts the gay liberationist ideology that is the nucleus of Tiber’s work.

What should have been a coming-out story veers off into a discourse weighing filial duty against duty to self. The desexualization process, which is Lee’s way of rhetorically recloseting (that is, camouflaging) gay identity, is the central theme of this discussion. Desexualization is a strategic approach to the work’s plot and characterization that renders peripheral what was originally central, namely homosexual identity formation. The film accommodates queerness (broadly conceived,... Because of the Molecules: The Ice Storm and the Philosophy of Love and Recognition (pp. 230-242) Susanne Schmetkamp For a moment,The Ice Storm(1997) brings everything to a standstill. Everything falls silent. As the audience will learn to appreciate, this is a time for self-reflection and for the contemplation of others. It is a condition that has not existed until this juncture because the respective protagonists have been leading parallel lives instead of recognizing each other as family members, friends, and partners. Up until now, they have been focusing their passion and desire on something that has either led them in the wrong direction or toward something they were not prepared to take responsibility for. This existential...

It’s Existential: Negative Space and Nothingness in The Ice Storm (pp. 243-250) David Koepsell Two of the most important philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are also the least understood. Phenomenology and existentialism mark, in many ways, the cultural move from modernism to postmodernism and serve as the context for much of the twentieth century’s significant and lasting contributions to our present world. Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed film,The Ice Storm(1997), based on Rick Moody’s 1994 novel of the same name, is an existential masterpiece, depicting the crossroads at which humanity stands through a story about a New England family in Nixon’s America. In light of the successes of science and... THE ICE STORM: What Is Impending? (pp. 251-264) George T. Hole The Ice Storm(1997) opens, we feel we are moving, but the scene is dark and unidentifiable. Credits appear; some letters are out of focus, and then slowly become clear. The moving image becomes distinct. We have been following railroad tracks, and we see icicles hanging underneath a train car.

We next view a page of a comic book, then the young boy reading it in a commuter train. The car’s overhead lights flicker. We are outside the train, slowly beginning to move with grinding sounds. Above the train, sparks fly in the night sky. Back inside, a conductor calls... All’s Fair in Love and War? Machiavelli and Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil (pp. 265-290) James Edwin Mahon Ang Lee’sRide with the Devil(1999) is a film about war and love. It is a common belief, captured in the proverb “All’s fair in love and war,”¹ that when it comes to war and love, there are no rules.² The ends—winning the war, and winning the heart of one’s beloved—are supposed to justify any means whatsoever. In particular, they are supposed to justify deception.³ In this chapter I will address the question of whetherRide with the Devilendorses the view that when it comes to war and love, deception is justified. InRide with the...

Ang Lee takes on first TV project - BBC News BBC News Ang Lee takes on first TV project 15 March 2013 Close share panel Image caption Director Lee is noted for his eclectic range of critically acclaimed films Oscar-winning film director Ang Lee is branching out into television, after it was announced he will direct the pilot episode of new series, Tyrant. The show marks Lee's first project since the 2012 film Life of Pi, which saw the Taiwanese filmmaker win his second Academy Award last month. Tyrant follows an ordinary American family caught up in the affairs of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Shooting for the show on US cable channel FX will begin this summer. The team behind the drama includes Homeland's Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, who will act as executive producers. "Ang Lee has demonstrated time and again an ability to present characters with such depth and specificity that they reveal the universal human condition," said FX president John Landgraf in a statement. Lee, whose previous credits include the martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Jane Austen adaptation Sense and Sensibility and comic book blockbuster Hulk, saw his latest film win a total of four Oscars in February.

Aside from best director, the 3D film - based on the Booker-winning novel about a shipwrecked boy and a Bengal tiger - won awards for cinematography, score and visual effects. The director, 58, won his first best director Oscar in 2006, for cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain. Ang Lee takes on first TV project &#8211; BBC News by waddy wood - issuu issuu Ang Lee takes on first TV project â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BBC News 15 March 2013 Last updated at 05:13 ET Director Lee is noted for his eclectic range of critically acclaimed films Oscar-winning film director Ang Lee is branching out into television, after it was announced he will direct the pilot episode of new series, Tyrant. The show marks Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first project since the 2012 film Life of Pi, which saw the Taiwanese filmmaker win his second Academy Award last month. Tyrant follows an ordinary American family caught up in the affairs of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Shooting for the show on US cable channel FX will begin this summer.

1/2 The team behind the drama includes Homeland’s Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, who will act as executive producers. “Ang Lee has demonstrated time and again an ability to present characters with such depth and specificity that they reveal the universal human condition,” said FX president John Landgraf in a statement. Lee, whose previous credits include the martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Jane Austen adaptation Sense and Sensibility and comic book blockbuster Hulk, saw his latest film win a total of four Oscars in February. Aside from best director, the 3D film – based on the Booker-winning novel about a shipwrecked boy and a Bengal tiger – won awards for cinematography, score and visual effects. The director, 58, won his first best director Oscar in 2006, for cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain. Source Article from Waddywood.com Ang Lee takes on first TV project – BBC News 2/2 Powered by TCPDF ( All pages: Project MUSE - The Philosophy of Ang Lee The Philosophy of Ang Lee edited by Robert Arp, Adam Barkman, and James McRae Publication Year: 2013 Ang Lee (b.

1954) has emerged as one of cinema's most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors. Known for his ability to transcend cultural and stylistic boundaries, Lee has built a diverse oeuvre that includes films about culture clashes and globalization (Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994, and The Wedding Banquet, 1993), a period drama (Sense and Sensibility, 1995), a martial arts epic (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000), a comic book action movie (Hulk, 2003), and an American western (Brokeback Mountain, 2005). The Philosophy of Ang Lee draws from both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions to examine the director's works. The first section focuses on Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist themes in his Chinese-language films, and the second examines Western philosophies in his English-language films; but the volume ultimately explores how Lee negotiates all of these traditions, strategically selecting from each in order to creatively address key issues.

With interest in this filmmaker and his work increasing around the release of his 3-D magical adventure The Life of Pi (2012), The Philosophy of Ang Lee serves as a timely investigation of the groundbreaking auteur and the many complex philosophical themes that he explores through the medium of motion pictures. Download PDF pp. 1-15 “Hi, I’m Ang Lee, and if I don’t make movies I’m going to die.”1 Ang Lee used these words to introduce himself to the production company, Good Machine, which would go on to fund his 1992 film, Pushing Hands. Lee is one of the most talented and ... Part 1: The Eastern Philosophy of Ang Lee Download PDF pp. 19-40 There is a famous Chinese painting entitled The Three Vinegar Tasters that depicts the founders of China’s three great philosophical systems— Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism—sampling a vat of vinegar. Confucius and the Buddha find it ... What Do You Know of My Heart?: The Role of Sense and Sensibility in Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Download PDF pp.

41-63 When Ang Lee asked Michelle Yeoh to play one of the lead roles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), he described it to her as “Sense and Sensibility with martial arts.” However, this too glibly states the relationship between the two films. Comparisons and ... The Confucian Cowboy Aesthetic Download PDF pp. 64-76 Early in the nineteenth century, French emissary and political thinker Alexis de Toqueville (1805–1859) observed a tendency among Americans, especially those of the new Western states, toward an isolation and individualism wherein its members had little or no ... East Meets Western: The Eastern Philosophy of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain Download PDF pp. 77-94 Ang Lee’s 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain, is an adaptation of Annie Proulx’s 1997 novella about the intense connection between two cowboys who first meet while sheepherding on a mountain in Wyoming in 1963. Both the film and the novella emphasize the anfractuous nature of ...

Landscape and Gender in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain Download PDF pp. 95-120 In his 1757 work, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, English philosopher Edmund Burke discusses these two concepts as they relate to human perceptions of landscape aesthetics in their most basic form: ... Can't Get No Satisfaction: Desires, Rituals, and the Search for Harmony in Eat Drink Man Woman Download PDF pp. 121-140 One of the reasons Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) is such an exquisite film is because it seamlessly blends sumptuous spreads of traditional Chinese cuisine with a rich mixture of characters, passions, and conflict. The displays of culinary ... Paternalism, Virtue Ethics, and Ang Lee: Does Father Really Know Best? Download PDF pp. 141-150 In the Father Knows Best trilogy—composed of the films Pushing Hands (1992), The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)—Ang Lee explores the role of paternalism in modern society. All of the characters in ...

Lust, Caution: A Case for Perception, Unimpeded Download PDF pp. 151-162 When British film critic Peter Bradshaw reviewed Ang Lee’s 2007 film Lust, Caution, he carefully noted (even though he praised the film) that it “does not offer the same unmediated insight into the minds and hearts of its lovers ... Part 2: The Western Philosophy of Ang Lee Download PDF pp. 165-176 “We live in an upside-down world,” remarks director Ang Lee. “Biblically, we lost Paradise.”1 This comment is central to Lee’s vision for his 2003 movie Hulk, based on the Marvel comic book series The Incredible Hulk. In past films, Lee demonstrated an ... Displacement, Deception, and Disorder: Ang Lee’s Discourse of Identity Download PDF pp. 177-191 Ang Lee is a director known for adapting complex and sophisticated narratives into traditional film genres. Through a distinct filmmaking style, Lee’s movies simultaneously take advantage of the tools available in each genre while also challenging, expanding, and ...

Subverting Heroic Violence: Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock and Hulk as Antiwar Narratives Download PDF pp. 192-209 Popular culture is replete with images of violence. The use of violence is especially widespread on entertainment screens, as evidenced in video games such as Call of Duty (Activision, 2003) and Assassin’s Creed (Ubi-soft, 2007), television shows such as ... Homo MIgrans: Desexualization in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock Download PDF pp. 210-229 Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock (2009) is a problematic adaptation of Elliot Tiber’s eponymous 2007 memoir because it dilutes and subverts the gay liberationist ideology that is the nucleus of Tiber’s work. What should have been a coming-out story veers off ... Because of the Molecules: The Ice Storm and the Philosophy of Love and Recognition Download PDF pp. 230-242 For a moment, The Ice Storm (1997) brings everything to a standstill. Everything falls silent.

As the audience will learn to appreciate, this is a time for self-reflection and for the contemplation of others. It is a condition that has not existed until this ... It's Existential: Negative Space and Nothingness in The Ice Storm Download PDF pp. 243-250 Two of the most important philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are also the least understood. Phenomenology and existentialism mark, in many ways, the cultural move from modernism to postmodernism and serve ... The Ice Storm: What Is Impending? Download PDF pp. 251-264 The Ice Storm (1997) opens, we feel we are moving, but the scene is dark and unidentifiable. Credits appear; some letters are out of focus, and then slowly become clear. The moving image becomes distinct. We have been following railroad tracks, and ... All's Fair in Love and War?: Machiavelli and Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil Download PDF pp. 265-290 Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil (1999) is a film about war and love.

It is a common belief, captured in the proverb “All’s fair in love and war,”1 that when it comes to war and love, there are no rules.2 The ends—winning the war, and winning the heart of ... Acknowledgments Download PDF pp. 291-291 Robert Arp: Thanks to Adam and Jim for their work on this book; Mark Conard, editor of the Philosophy of Popular Culture series at the University Press of Kentucky (UPK); and Anne Dean Watkins, acquisitions editor Adam Barkman: Thanks to my coeditors, ... Glossary of Chinese Terms How Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Changed Cinema How Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Changed Cinema Pin it Share Ang Lee’s classic martial arts drama ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ first hit UK screens 15 years ago this week, having opened in cinemas on 5 January 2001. Did it break more new ground than we generally give it credit for? In 2000, there was nothing unusual about Hong Kong action stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh teaming up for a kung fu movie.

However, such a film wouldn’t usually be expected from the director of such high brow dramas as ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘The Ice Storm.’ The world sat up and took notice, and soon enough ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ became the most critically acclaimed martial arts movie ever, earning rave reviews and many awards nominations, ultimately netting a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (plus Oscars for music, art direction and cinematography), and a Best Director BAFTA for Lee. So, how did a film which, at a glance, seems like a fairly standard kung fu fare wind up breaking through in such a big way – and how did it change the game not only for the Chinese film industry, but cinema in general? Superhumans Treated Seriously While ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ doesn’t exactly qualify as a superhero movie, it arguably helped pave the way for the superhero renaissance of the 2000s in that it remains a grounded, character-based drama despite the superhuman powers on display. The protagonists may have the power of flight, and strength and agility to match that of any comic book hero, but their internal, emotional battles are given every bit as much attention as their physical prowess.

Many superhero movies have aimed to do the same since, including Ang Lee’s next directorial effort, the first cinematic take on Marvel’s ‘Hulk’ - although this proved somewhat less successful. Warrior Women, Feminist Fighters In common with Ang Lee’s earlier take on Jane Austen, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ puts women very much centre stage – something which has been increasingly demanded of cinema in recent years. All the women in the film are torn between their own nature, and the roles society expects them to play. Shu Yien (Yeoh) struggles to confess her love for fellow warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow) for fear of dishonouring her lost fiancé, whilst aristocrat’s daughter Jen (Zhang Ziyi) turns thief and warrior to escape the arranged marriage and sheltered existence that awaits her. Even the villainous Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-Pei) would seem to have adopted a life of crime in frustration at a world which expects women to be weak and subservient. Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi both earned much-deserved BAFTA nominations for their performances.

Read More China At The Global Box Office Partly made with American money via Sony Pictures, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ helped establish China as a major player in film worldwide. Many modern Hollywood blockbusters now seek to be partially financed and/or shot in China to help their chances of being screened in Chinese cinemas. China is now recognised as the second biggest box office in the world after the US. ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ also helped set the tone for Chinese cinema in the 15 years since, as most major movies to come out of the country in that time have been similarly lavish historical epics.

A Legend of Action By 2000, fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping was already well established as THE guy for martial arts action, thanks largely to his work on ‘The Matrix,’ plus his history as a director on many Hong Kong action classics such as early Jackie Chan movies ‘Snake in Eagle’s Shadow’ and ‘Drunken Master.’ His spectacular work on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (all the more impressive considering that none of the central actors are trained martial artists) obviously didn’t hurt his reputation any – and it helped renew respect for martial arts on screen at a time when ‘wire fu’ was fast becoming a cliché. Woo-ping went on to work on more of the greatest martial arts movies of the 2000s including ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Kung Fu Hustle.’ He has also directed the upcoming sequel ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny’ (in which Yeoh also returns), due later in 2016.

The Ascent of Ang Lee Lee may have stumbled with his follow-up movie ‘Hulk,’ but his work on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ definitely helped him on his way to becoming one of the most respected and decorated directors of our time. The film would earn Lee his first Oscar nomination, and though he would lose out to Steven Soderbergh for ‘Traffic,’ the fact that he received a nomination for a film in a genre typically looked down on by the Academy may have helped pave the way for fantasy films receiving greater recognition, notably when ‘The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King’ swept the board at the Oscars three years later. Lee would ultimately win the Best Director Oscar in 2006 for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ – making him the first non-white director to receive the award – and a second in 2013 for ‘Life of Pi.’ Picture Credit: Sony

Question: Which film director's credits include Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi?
Answer: Ang Lee